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Davos 2026: Chaos, Power Shifts, and Illusions Lost

The themes of the World Economic Forum have always reflected the spirit of the times and the mindset of global elites.

The 2026 edition was no exception to this rule. Following the call for a Great Reset in 2025, or the fear of obsolescence in the face of AI in 2025, it was very clearly the fear of...

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Back to the Unthinkable: Is the Balance of Terror Breaking Down?

In 1949, 4 years after Churchill's "Operation Unthinkable" plan to attack the USSR in June 1945 with Anglo-American-German forces (1), the USA was planning Operation Dropshot. The objective: to launch a preemptive attack aimed at destroying 85% of the USSR's industrial potential using 300 nuclear bo...

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Why the Lost Decade Has Begun — and Why Most Still Don’t See It

Three years ago, while foreseeing what our economic future would be, we boldly wondered if a financial crash might be upon us soon.

Due to the long-term generational debt cycle, our argument was that the remnants of the 2008, 2012, and COVID crises—with their massive indebtedness and QE—would inevi...

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Threading the Future: Everything Is Going According to Plan

How to foresee the future?

All too often, it feels like trying to navigate through a perpetually changing labyrinth, crossed by lines of force that are like invisible Ariadne's threads.

Three years ago, when we launched FutureMastery, our project was rooted in a conviction—that we were standing a...

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Europe's Future: Fortress, Fragmentation, or Reform?

Two hundred years ago, at the heart of revolutionary times that would ultimately transform Europe, Dickens wrote one of his most famous novels: "A Tale of Two Cities".

Its predicament (symbolized by its striking opening: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"): a world marked with st...

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Davos 2025: From the Great Reset to the Fear of Becoming Obsolete?

Five years ago, in the wake of the COVID pandemic, the World Economic Forum (WEF) advocated for a "Great Reset": a radical transformation of our societies, leading to the disappearance of property in an ‘as a service economy’, heavily controlled by a combination of ‘enlightened’ global leaders from ...

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What lessons can we draw from 2024, and what lies ahead in 2025?

As anticipated, 2024 has been a pivotal year, with over 50% of the world’s population selecting their leaders and shaping strategies for the years to come. Against the backdrop of geopolitical tensions, a latent financial crisis, and the risk of conflicts escalating to extremes (Ukraine, the Middle ...

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